As just revealed in the Disney collecting panel at Celebration minutes ago, Disney's D23 exclusive Droid will be R5-D23.
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Excellent!
Not a great design, but different enough to be different. lol
An R5 astromech with a jaunty little wizard's hat on it... I can see where that's going. Also, it should be entertaining kids at their birthday parties or college students on Spring Break or even weddings or bar mitzvahs.
Need this one, LMK if you can hook-up a fellow scummer!
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Looks OK, but if it had red and gold highlights on the body it was look more obvious.
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Hopefully the dots in the eyes will actually line up with the R5 sculpt on this time, instead of one up, one down & one to the left etc.
I grabbed one off eBay this morning for $25 shipped. I'm fairly sure that was what I paid for the last d23 droid.
This still baffles me. We have numerous people paying $25 for a figure, yet they can't figure out how to sell these themselves and keep that profit?
Do they not have the resources to sell these online. lol
Do they not have the resources to sell these online. lol
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well it really doesn't effect Disney park store that sold it in the 1st place. If they sell 100, they make their reg profit regardless if all 100 or 47 of the 100 get flipped on ebay. Furthermore, those sold for under 25.00, there isn't much profit really. If bought at park w/o any type of discount, they spent what 13, well say 14 bucks w/ tax, take that off 25 and there's 11 left. But of the 11, $1 goes to paypal, 2.50 to ebay, 1st class upsp shipping average $4 so that leaves what...$3.50 profit. Most people leave at least that at a restaurant for tip on a $20 plus tax meal, plus I get ebay points for buying had almost $4 ebay points so it cost me just over $20 shipped) so ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGKLhbirSAM
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$25 haha! You guys want to try living in Europe and paying for one of these fellas :'(
my point was something else entirely though.
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Disney likely has a smaller production run on these just like the last d23 droid since it's only sold at the one park just for d23. So they may not have desire to sell online to keep it more of an exclusive to d23 expo.
However, I may not fully understand what you meant by "they (assuming meaning Disney) can't figure out how to sell these themselves and keep that profit?" Are you wondering why Disney doesn't jack up the price to sell thru outlet other than the expo?
As I commented, Disney sold it at the expo and made $$, which was their goal. It was the buyer at the expo that chose to resell for potential profit..not disney
However, I may not fully understand what you meant by "they (assuming meaning Disney) can't figure out how to sell these themselves and keep that profit?" Are you wondering why Disney doesn't jack up the price to sell thru outlet other than the expo?
As I commented, Disney sold it at the expo and made $$, which was their goal. It was the buyer at the expo that chose to resell for potential profit..not disney
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Bit touchy there? I'm aware. You should still appreciate it's a bargain
I get that they have an MSRP they're comfortable with. But if it means making it available to everyone by simply increasing the price a few notches, why not do so instead of leaving it up to "others" to sell on ebay etc. While I do recognize it as a courtesy by some who do this so that people w/o a Disney store close can get them. And as cool as these BAD's are, they just aren't quite worth $25 IMO. A few things need to be improved before I start laying down that kind of cash for them.
My bigger side point is if so many people don't mind paying this amount, why is Hasbro's basic line in so much trouble? Seems to me they could make a premium line available online and charge a higher price.
My bigger side point is if so many people don't mind paying this amount, why is Hasbro's basic line in so much trouble? Seems to me they could make a premium line available online and charge a higher price.
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I believe their point is they, ie disney, is keeping it a park excl. to encourage people to come to the expo. If they opened up doors for outside sales, then they could in time lose expo ticket sales etc.
As far as a premium Hasbro line, it may or may not work. Yes there are a few folks that'll but everyone they offer, but not every collector will shell out the $$ for every fig. However having the number of $25 figures countable on one hand per year is more acceptable to most collectors than a full line of 30, 40 or 50 per year. Grant it the BADs can get costly if u want all or at least 1 for each head/dome variant, but keeping an eye on ebay one can get them reasonable prices. All my protocol BADs cost no more than the wm tbs 4" or final tie pilot carded tbs. Except for the 1 I got w/ a case.
So Disney did what they set out to do, sell these droids in park only. Now having said that, if Disney offered these off park grounds like mall stores, online, trade from my trade list, etc would I be happy? Hell yeah. But It is what it is and I'm good with it
As far as a premium Hasbro line, it may or may not work. Yes there are a few folks that'll but everyone they offer, but not every collector will shell out the $$ for every fig. However having the number of $25 figures countable on one hand per year is more acceptable to most collectors than a full line of 30, 40 or 50 per year. Grant it the BADs can get costly if u want all or at least 1 for each head/dome variant, but keeping an eye on ebay one can get them reasonable prices. All my protocol BADs cost no more than the wm tbs 4" or final tie pilot carded tbs. Except for the 1 I got w/ a case.
So Disney did what they set out to do, sell these droids in park only. Now having said that, if Disney offered these off park grounds like mall stores, online, trade from my trade list, etc would I be happy? Hell yeah. But It is what it is and I'm good with it
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I got one of these on Ebay. Didnt think it'd hit the app store.
I got mine today, super fast! I really like the packaging on this one.
BTW some of the Aurebesh reads (from top to bottom):
"Patriot"
"Work"
"Build Tie"
"Latest in Defense"
"Fleet System"
I'd love to know what the artist's context was for the artwork on this.
BTW some of the Aurebesh reads (from top to bottom):
"Patriot"
"Work"
"Build Tie"
"Latest in Defense"
"Fleet System"
I'd love to know what the artist's context was for the artwork on this.
Mine looks great next to r4-d23. I guess in a few years we'll be tracking an r6
So is this available via the App or Phone? I'd have thought if there still some left after the event, that they would have added it to the app. But i haven't seen it.
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Lovely little chap! Pleased to add him to my collection, despite the sphincter-tightening costs of acquiring him as a UK resident.
Star Traders in Disneyland had about a dozen of these in stock on Monday.
Is there an exclusive droid planned for the D23 Expo 2019? It would be kind of disappointing if they didn't do one this year.
It sure would be nice, especially since Galaxy's Edge just opened too. I'm actually going to D23 so we'll find out soon enough.
That's not soon enough.
lol
In the post weren't Droid reveals for D23 made prior to the event? So there is technically still time.
I have a feeling that any Droid done these days would be more in line with the current media though, and I haven't really been a big fan of the designs so far.
It's interesting that they sent me an email invite for this event, but everything to do with Saturday was already sold out!
In the post weren't Droid reveals for D23 made prior to the event? So there is technically still time.
I have a feeling that any Droid done these days would be more in line with the current media though, and I haven't really been a big fan of the designs so far.
It's interesting that they sent me an email invite for this event, but everything to do with Saturday was already sold out!